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Land Point

An area on the Earth's surface that has not otherwise been captured as a Building Part, Structure Point, or Water Point feature and is too small to capture as a Land feature, for example, a...

Boundary High Water Mark

In the OS NGD Boundaries Collection, the mean high water (springs) mark is shown to the normal tidal limit (NTL). Areas of salt marsh, mudflats and so on often have extremely complicated tide...

Ferry Terminal

The ferry and road network elements are linked together through a Ferry Terminal feature. A Ferry Terminal is a logical connection between the two networks and therefore there is no geometry...

Building

Buildings that consist of multiple adjoining building parts.  When contained in a Land Use Site, adjoining building parts will be represented by a single feature. The latest data schema...

Connecting Link

The Road and Path Networks are not topologically structured together. Connecting Links have been introduced to enable a connection between the Road Network and the Path Network without splitting...

Ferry Link

A Ferry Link is a linear spatial object which represents the connectivity of a vehicular ferry route across a body of water. A Ferry Link will only be captured where both terminals are located...

Named Point

A settlement, locality, geographical feature, or area of water that has a name, represented as a point.

Devolved Parliament Electoral Region

The Scottish Parliament electoral region is a grouping of Scottish Parliament constituencies. The Welsh Parliament electoral region is a grouping of Welsh Parliament constituencies.

Water Link

A network representation of the general alignment and connectivity of permanent water, including rivers, lakes, and canals.

Water Node

The location where a connected area of permanent water ends, where an area of permanent water is connected to two or more other areas of permanent water, or where a recorded attribute changes for...

Railway Link

A Railway Link is a linear feature that defines the geometry and connectivity of the Rail Network between two points in the network.

Regional Authority

With the introduction of the regional government for London (referred to as the Greater London Authority or GLA by OS NGD documentation), the proportional representation voting area for this new...

Named Road Junction

A named intersection between roads at a junction or roundabout. The intersection may be numbered, have an offici...

Built Address

The Built Address Feature Type represents local authority addresses that are currently built and live and can typically receive mail, deliveries, or services. For example, homes, shops, schools and...

Highway Dedication

Highway dedication provides an indication of the type of Highway user who has access to that particular section of the Highway. Against every section of geometry supplied by the local highway...

Maintenance Area

A feature which has a closed (area) geometry and provides information about whether the road is maintained at public expense by a national or local highway authority, a road authority or is...

Compound Structure

Polygon feature which encompasses one or more components and represents a manmade construction that has been built for a specific purpose. Examples include a bridge, a dam, and an aqueduct.

Westminster Constituency

England, Scotland and Wales are divided into parliamentary constituencies for voting purposes to elect members (MPs) to the Westminster Parliament. Parliamentary constituencies are made up of...

Devolved Parliament Constituency

Scotland is divided into parliamentary constituencies for voting purposes to elect Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Wales is divided into parliamentary constituencies for voting purposes...

Site Access Location

Feature which has a point geometry and represents the locations where pedestrians and / or vehicles can enter or exit a site.